VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang will host the 6th Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) – the premier golf travel event in the Asia-Pacific region – combining a golf tour with tourism meetings from May 7 to 13, 2017.

The rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the country fell by 16 per cent between 2009 and 2015, but health experts have said that more needs to be done to reach the goal of having a transmission rate of under 2 per cent by 2020 nationwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first national professional basketball league (VBA) is nearing the end of its season, as the first champion will be selected after a three-leg final. 

Large multinational manufacturing conglomerates have capital and technologies, but lack sufficient number of good workers in their home countries. For that reason, as well as lower labor costs, they have invested in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who travel on Xuan Thuy Street in Thao Dien Ward in HCMC’s District 2 these days might notice a foreigner running a mobile coffee tricycle along the road.

The decision to develop a series of thermal power plants in Mekong River Delta has stirred controversy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Strengthening psychological counseling and providing both teachers and students with necessary skills in the classroom are important measures to prevent school violence.

There are signs of a ‘price war’ among the three biggest mobile network operators – Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone – as all of them are putting high hopes on 4G deployment plans.

 High rents and expensive imported materials have driven local and foreign cafés into a costly coffee tug-of-war to win Vietnamese customers.

The Vietnamese parliament always wishes to promote cooperation with the National People’s Congress of China towards increasing mutual understanding and trust between the two countries, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said.

 Le Hien Van, deputy head of the General Political Department of the People's Army, met with Bunlieng Sengphachian, head of the Lao respective body’s inner security department, in Hanoi on November 8. 

 Erosion is eating into the beach in Lang Co Bay, one of the world’s most beautiful bays, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. 

Singers of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will perform at the Korean Culture and Food Festival in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium this weekend. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coal-fired thermal power plants should focus on technology renovation so as to minimise environmental pollution, given that thermal power will provide much of Viet Nam’s future energy,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese marksman Ngo Huu Vuong brought home a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championship 2016 at the Ha Noi based-National Sports Training Centre yesterday.

 Bankrupt South Korean shipping giant Hanjin has left up to 4,122 containers at HCM City ports, said the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine).

 Vietnam will destroy over two tonnes of ivory and 70 kilos of rhino horn seized in recent smuggling cases according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The People’s Committee of Lam Dong has released a document on strengthening management of traditional festivals and banning buffalo stabbing ritual- a part of the traditional cultural festival of ethnic minorities in the province.

 The first runner up of Miss Jewelry Vietnam 2015 Hoang Thu Thao was granted the license to take part in the Miss Asia Pacific International 2016.

With 85.02 per cent of delegates voting in favor, the NA on November 8 has adopted a resolution that sets three reform targets for the 2016-2020 period: public investment, State-owned enterprises, and financial institutions.